Recognised as Colour

#7E26EB

#7E26EB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#7E26EB is a violet with RGB values 126, 38, 235 and HSL 267°, 83%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#7E26EB

RGBrgb(126, 38, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.149, 0.9216

RGB percentages49.4%, 14.9%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(266.8, 83.1%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(266.8, 83.8%, 92.2%)

CMYK46.4%, 83.8%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,267,499

CSS custom property--colour: #7E26EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1182WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness109 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.24:1

Contrast with white6.24:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#474747

Inverted#81D914

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0062F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#005EE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original

Tritanopia#5E638Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 7.6 Dark violet · ΔE 12.5 Medium blue · ΔE 19.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 23.1 Blue · ΔE 28.2 Dark blue · ΔE 36.4

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 7.64, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#93EB26

Analogous#2630EB, #E126EB

Triadic#EB7E26, #26EB7E

Split complementary#EBE126, #30EB26

Tetradic#EB2630, #93EB26, #26EBE1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#EDE1FC

Lighter +30%#D1B2F8

Lighter +20%#B683F4

Lighter +10%#9A55EF

Darker −10%#6513CB

Darker −20%#4E0E9D

Darker −30%#370A6E

Darker −40%#1F063F

More saturated +25%#7C12FF

Less saturated −25%#8144CD

Channel breakdown

R126

G38

B235

Red126 (49.4%)

Green38 (14.9%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue266.8°

Saturation (HSL)83.12%

Lightness53.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 7E · G 26 · B EB

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